tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post788898383871041273..comments2024-01-02T18:14:59.096+00:00Comments on Grumpy’s Classics Cave: A Pox on GrailsNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-48355560444627773582021-06-29T03:45:02.468+01:002021-06-29T03:45:02.468+01:00Muchas gracias por esta bella grabación, saludos.Muchas gracias por esta bella grabación, saludos.Francisco Ortiz Archilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587038004351790083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-89392878015223218592016-09-29T13:10:24.765+01:002016-09-29T13:10:24.765+01:00My pleasure, thank you for your kind words!
(Yes, ...My pleasure, thank you for your kind words!<br />(Yes, I've also seen that K.315 in a Japanese LP reissue of the whole set, Angel EAC 30120-26 I believe, and I have Green Door's transfer from the original issue, on GD-2038.)<br />Very best wishes, NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-88699290089982946212016-09-29T10:21:03.806+01:002016-09-29T10:21:03.806+01:00Thanks for posting these enjoyable performances; t...Thanks for posting these enjoyable performances; the sound is very naturally balanced. <br />(By the way, K315 and K299 from the Pathé Mozart à Paris set were reissued on a Japanese Angel LP - HA 5079.)<br />ChrisArrieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578428898369516913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-68759103075005124092016-09-28T09:20:05.060+01:002016-09-28T09:20:05.060+01:00Just to say, thank you again - I've now found ...Just to say, thank you again - I've now found the recording dates of both this (see above) and CLPC 14 (11-May-56), and added the Benoît LP to the mini-discography and the fr CDR to the list of transfers.<br /><br />Very best wishes, GNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-58255590003411567152016-09-26T14:41:05.819+01:002016-09-26T14:41:05.819+01:00Nowhere this exhaustively, I'm afraid. There i...Nowhere this exhaustively, I'm afraid. There is a tentative list of the code letters in Robert and Celia Dearling's <i>The Guinness Book of Recorded Sound</i> (1984), but they missed about half of them. (Although a fun read, the book is full of errors and omissions, although they had Brian Rust to help.)<br /><br />The rest is just accumulated knowledge from 30 years' record collecting. Of course it helps that many releases in most countries' local series were manufactured in these countries themselves, with the main EMI factory at Hayes only being involved when this was not possible for some reason.<br /><br />Also, I forgot to mention that the code letter can even be somewhere in the middle of the prefix: e.g. Columbia 33CX becoming 33CHX or 33WCX.Boursinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564272695539641314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-45822989246150407582016-09-24T22:32:01.012+01:002016-09-24T22:32:01.012+01:00Brilliant, just what I needed - thank you very muc...Brilliant, just what I needed - thank you very much! Where else is this written down, apart from by you, above? In WERM, I suppose...Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-51952801523290810282016-09-24T16:23:46.287+01:002016-09-24T16:23:46.287+01:00You've got the HMV export LP series all wrong....You've got the HMV export LP series all wrong. It is the last "C" in the alphabetic prefix that indicates the export status, and it was EMI's code letter for export issues – on all its labels – that were <i>not intended for any one country in particular</i>. So it's no wonder that you have it as Ireland here and India there, or that the sleeves are in English!<br /><br />"The Overseas List" was EMI's own in-house term for these issues. They were available to order in Britain too, and often even reviewed in magazines such as the <i>Gramophone</i>, but were not generally advertised. The "C" does not probably stand for any word, although "Continental" has been suggested.<br /><br />In the case of HMV, the ALPC, BLPC, CLPC and DLPC series are <i>merely the export equivalents of the familiar domestic HMV LP series</i>:<br /><br />ALP = 12-inch premier<br />BLP = 10-inch premier<br />CLP = 12-inch secondary (mainly non-classical, and a few shillings cheaper)<br />DLP = 10-inch secondary (ditto)<br /><br />EMI's code letters for individual countries were as follows:<br /><br />E = India<br />F = France<br />G = Greece<br />H = Holland<br />I = Ireland<br />J = South Africa and Rhodesia<br />K = Denmark<br />L = Spain and Portugal<br />M = New Zealand<br />N = Norway<br />O = Australia<br />P = export issues equivalent to a domestic release (but usually changing the label name due to trademark restrictions; e.g. HMV releases pressed on the Odeon label for export to countries where RCA, not EMI, owned the Nipper logo)<br />Q = Italy<br />R = Belgium<br />S = Sweden<br />T = Turkey<br />V = Austria<br />W = Germany<br />Y = Finland<br />Z = Switzerland<br /><br />These could be either precede or follow the domestic prefix. Thus there are French FALP and FBLP series, but the 7-inch EP series' equivalent to the British 7ER is not F7ER but 7ERF.Boursinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564272695539641314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-41121898280164546412016-09-12T22:04:47.840+01:002016-09-12T22:04:47.840+01:00Thanks so much for all of this. How funny - having...Thanks so much for all of this. How funny - having a dim memory of something, I searched Forgotten Records, but only for Borodin, the one composer who was overlooked! (I wonder why?)<br /><br />And I searched Gramophone too, but - no, I won't bore you with my sorry failure. As for the Benoît - fantastic, thank you. I'll update the mini-discography.<br /><br />The Quartet seems to have broadcast quite a bit for the BBC - I found listings from July 1949 to October 1959, plus a broadcast of K.590 from CLPC 14 in late 1963. I suspect these would mostly have been live relays - I doubt any were recorded, but one could look into it.<br /><br />A more promising source of broadcast recordings would be Belgian radio itself, and local archives. I found one quite substantial listing of archive holdings but didn't pursue it, as I'm more interested in commercial records (not that I've anything against broadcasts, they're just a different beast).<br /><br />Thanks again and very best wishes, GNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-7851692465558864602016-09-12T11:56:33.737+01:002016-09-12T11:56:33.737+01:00Yes, I am he... Thanks for your kind words, and I&...Yes, I am he... Thanks for your kind words, and I'm very glad you like it! All the best, GNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-74148816074359369812016-09-12T11:35:50.415+01:002016-09-12T11:35:50.415+01:00Didn't know that you were "Grumpy".....Didn't know that you were "Grumpy"... Thought it was someone else!! Anyway, thank you for this wonderful performance of this particular Tchaikovsky Quartet. As I said, this far outweighs the Borodin's reading, which was my first encounter with the work. I loved the music so much that I couldn't stop listening to it. But the French/Belgian School of String players is outstanding, as is this reading. Just love this! La Danse de Puckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15042965988264232932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-89418818373983569992016-09-11T17:29:08.613+01:002016-09-11T17:29:08.613+01:00Dear Buster, My pleasure! Thank you too for your c...Dear Buster, My pleasure! Thank you too for your continued and far more generous offerings. I'm glad we think alike on that score. All the best, NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286767472611637069.post-87149580640920639462016-09-11T17:24:47.036+01:002016-09-11T17:24:47.036+01:00Hi Nick,
Thanks for this!
Parenthetically, it&#...Hi Nick,<br /><br />Thanks for this! <br /><br />Parenthetically, it's pleasure to find someone else who hates the current fashion for cavernous sounding recordings. Busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918896767504950096noreply@blogger.com